#1 Sky box seems to have been fixed- the guy came this afternoon. Thought it'd solve the problem by swapping old box for snazzy new one. Only once he did that although his gizmo said there was a strong signal- the set up page said unlocked and no signal. He tried 2 other boxes but now he wasn't even getting a picture! Yet my box was working when he arrived. Went up the ladder to the dish and replaced some widget up there and plugged my old box in again and voila- signal okay. It sure had him confused - said he'd never had that before- the signal tester saying signal and yet no picture on the screen. So, because it turned it to be a dish problem I didn't get a new box! Never mind- I'll upgrade to Sky+ next year before Central goes digital and then I'll get an HD TV as well- after all I've only had this TV since 1997...
#2 more tweaking at the osteopath- hip loads better now but still some tense muscles in there. Also put the TENS machine pads round my old ACL knee, which got bruised the other day when I went splat, and has been going scroopy click when going upstairs for several weeks now.
#3 Boughted myself a Dell Inspiron 545 desktop Windows 7 computer online tonight! I upped some of the processor and memory and their special offer was to upgrade the HD to 640GB- swoon! I think my current 2002 vintage pooter has 80GB....and I upgraded that 18 months ago from the original 20GB...*dies of laughter*
#2 more tweaking at the osteopath- hip loads better now but still some tense muscles in there. Also put the TENS machine pads round my old ACL knee, which got bruised the other day when I went splat, and has been going scroopy click when going upstairs for several weeks now.
#3 Boughted myself a Dell Inspiron 545 desktop Windows 7 computer online tonight! I upped some of the processor and memory and their special offer was to upgrade the HD to 640GB- swoon! I think my current 2002 vintage pooter has 80GB....and I upgraded that 18 months ago from the original 20GB...*dies of laughter*
- Mood:
chipper
Things have been odd for the last week or two
#1 I broke a tooth and had to wait a week and a half to get it fixed (today- so far, so good).
#2 SKY box not getting signal for over 12 hours or so, then whilst waiting for engineer to call and tell me when they're coming- it sorts itself out and is absolutely fine all weekend. Naturally tonight when I get home it's gone again for 6 hours, then back again. Called for engineer again.
#3 Hip pain then it goes over a day or so. Then last Sunday was in agony all day and limped to work on the Monday and then the doctors, got pain pills, then it subsides- sciatica? Osteopath on Friday pokes and prods and get a massage and then the TENS machine- says a muscle spasm. At least I am walking properly now.
#4 temperature sensor on central heating boiler on the fritz- as in, sometimes hot water or luke warm or cold! Now fixed via British Gas engineer.
#5 due to no reliable water/heating- had to cancel BF's visit over the weekend.
Good news- off to Aged P's this weekend and then the Steampunk exhibition in Oxford www.steampunkmuseumexhibition.blogspot.c om/- Wol's staying over so we can visit a few other Museums- Ashmolean and the Pitt Rivers and maybe a walking tour- assuming none of my limbs fall off in the mean time!
ETA 2nd Dec
#2 a- SKY engineer due Friday!
#6 slipped in the dark in some mud tonight on my way to a work thing at 7pm- skinned palms and knees-I bruise easily, so that'll be fun then....
#1 I broke a tooth and had to wait a week and a half to get it fixed (today- so far, so good).
#2 SKY box not getting signal for over 12 hours or so, then whilst waiting for engineer to call and tell me when they're coming- it sorts itself out and is absolutely fine all weekend. Naturally tonight when I get home it's gone again for 6 hours, then back again. Called for engineer again.
#3 Hip pain then it goes over a day or so. Then last Sunday was in agony all day and limped to work on the Monday and then the doctors, got pain pills, then it subsides- sciatica? Osteopath on Friday pokes and prods and get a massage and then the TENS machine- says a muscle spasm. At least I am walking properly now.
#4 temperature sensor on central heating boiler on the fritz- as in, sometimes hot water or luke warm or cold! Now fixed via British Gas engineer.
#5 due to no reliable water/heating- had to cancel BF's visit over the weekend.
Good news- off to Aged P's this weekend and then the Steampunk exhibition in Oxford www.steampunkmuseumexhibition.blogspot.c
ETA 2nd Dec
#2 a- SKY engineer due Friday!
#6 slipped in the dark in some mud tonight on my way to a work thing at 7pm- skinned palms and knees-I bruise easily, so that'll be fun then....
- Mood:
annoyed
The Shep Whump30 is not happening at present- I have the remaining words on sheets of paper with balloons and lines and scribbles coming from them in a creative sort of way--but actually writing the darn stuff <sighs>... insanely busy at work, away last weekend at Redemption con '09 in Coventry (Bab5, Dr Who, Blake's 7 and other cult media/fan loadsa fun), other things I do getting in the way- committee meeting tomorrow night ( so I also have to do the agenda and write up the minutes), away up North for Quarto bookarts meet in Sunderland on Saturday- that's at least a 14 hour round trip..(by train). So maybe I'll get something done on the train ( yay train!fic) but I'm more than likely to be asleep as I set off at 0611...Sunday I really should be doing some stuff for an exhibition, next weekend up at the boyf's in KS...
Obviously I am just not organised enough to set the time aside for it- it doesn't help that I stare at the word and can't decide which way to go with it for fic and whumpage...
I think I spend far too much time reading other people's fic than writing my own...
On the phone/broadband provider front- it turns out my email/website etc will stay exactly the same it's just the provider names and their website that will change to Pipex....so no need to rush around changeing everything thank goodness.
Obviously I am just not organised enough to set the time aside for it- it doesn't help that I stare at the word and can't decide which way to go with it for fic and whumpage...
I think I spend far too much time reading other people's fic than writing my own...
On the phone/broadband provider front- it turns out my email/website etc will stay exactly the same it's just the provider names and their website that will change to Pipex....so no need to rush around changeing everything thank goodness.
- Mood:
cranky
Got a letter recently from my phone and broadband provider saying that they are moving to their sister company Pipex. Only when I email them to ask 'does this mean that I have to change email and webpage addresses?' do they actually say -yes, but that I'd have to contact the sister company on how to access them. [I only asked because Virgin people kept their NTL addys afterwards] At least I have until the end of February 2009...sighs...and wonders how many people I have to contact and all those webpages....whimper....
- Mood:
annoyed
- Mood:awake
